Chaetosa

Coquillett, 1898

Chaetosa is a of small to -sized predatory in the , established by Coquillett in 1898. The genus comprises at least two described : Chaetosa punctipes (Meigen, 1826) and Chaetosa churchilli Malloch, 1931. These flies are distributed across parts of northern Europe, with records from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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How to pronounce Chaetosa: /kiˈto.sa/

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Distribution

Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

Diet

Predatory (as reported for the )

Misconceptions

The name 'Chaetosa' has been used in different biological contexts: (1) as a of predatory (: ), and (2) as a fungal genus (Hypocreomycetidae) established from taxonomic re-evaluation of Chaetosphaeria chaetosa. These represent entirely unrelated organisms.

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